Post Comment Love 19 - 21 October

Hello there and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - if you were here last week, it was great to see you and if you’re new here this week, then hello you’re very welcome. Morgan and I are sure you’ll find some great blog posts to read, and after all, that’s what linkys are about isn’t it, and it’d be great if you could show some extra love to the posts that are linked up.

We spent last week in the Umbrian countryside doing very little at all. That wasn’t necessarily our plan before we left but with a busy run up to our time away it was much needed. There was plenty of reading, and as the weather was in the mid twenties there was some time relaxing in the sun.

The owner’s cat where we stayed took a liking to us, and spent an afternoon curled up on my lap - I’d forgotten how sharp and like needles claws can be. The next day the cat tried its luck with MOH, and won the battle of the chair relatively easily, mostly because I’m not sure MOH knew the chair was the battleground. Not only did it win the chair, but there was a tickle too…

The cat won the battle of the chair

Blogger Showcase: Anna from Yes, Little Hummingbird?

Anna’s description of herself made me smile, she says it’s a pretty way of saying she’s a creative type and like many bloggers she finds creating content challenging because she considers her life incredibly boring, even though her favourite topic to write about is adventuring. And her best quality, well her husband says it’s the passion for the little things, which makes him slow down and stop being so bitter.

Morgan’s hosting Anna’s full answers to our questions this week, so do pop over and find out more.

Post Comment Love and Blogger Showcase: 12-14 October

Hello there and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - if you were here last week, thank you - it was great to see you, and if you’re new here this week then hello, you’re very welcome. Both Morgan and I are confident you’re going to find some great posts to read.

It’s just a short intro from me this week as I’m not sure how much internet I have so this is, I hope, a predictive taste of something good.

Photo by Andrew Slifkin on Unsplash

Photo by Andrew Slifkin on Unsplash

Blogger Showcase: Marina Rosie from Marina Writes Life

1. Who are you?

Hi, I'm Marina Rosie and I'm a 16 year old British girl living in Western France, blogging about beauty, lifestyle and my other passions on my blog, Marina Writes Life.

2. How did you discover blogs/blogging?

I discovered blogging through my sister who began before me. I used to see how happy she was with the content she churned out and want that feeling of satisfaction for myself.

3. Why did you start blogging?

I began my blog during a time in which I felt alone - I'd only just moved to France and, at that point, didn't speak a word of French and had no real life friends to talk to and converse with. So, I thought I'd make some virtual ones! I've also always had a real passion for writing and beauty, so mixing those two together was my idea of a perfect pastime. 

4. What do you find most challenging?

For me, the most challenging thing about blogging is finding the time to write the content, create the flatlays and imagery etc, as I'm, obviously, at a stage of my education that requires me to focus a lot of attention on exams and schoolwork and that's got to be the priority.

5. What is your favourite topic to write about?

My favourite topic is always beauty, particularly makeup over skincare - I've got draws and draws of palettes and lipsticks! I can't get enough!

6. Are you blogging for fun or do you have goals?

I am, at the moment, just blogging for fun but, if in the future, when I come to choose a career, I'm still just as devoted and passionate as I am now, it could definitely become more than that.

7. What is your favourite thing about blogging?

My favourite thing about blogging is definitely the wonderful comments I receive in the bottom section of each post - I love interacting with the people that have given up time out of their days to read my content. It makes me feel amazing. Of course, I have had some negative comments in the past but, in my case, the good definitely outweighs the bad!

8. Have you ever attended a blogging conference and if so, what did you think?

No, I haven't but I'd love to in the future to learn a bit more about how I should be going about things to continue to grow my platforms and social media influence!

9. What are your 3 best posts?

My 3 best posts... I've got to go with my most recent one "Channeling My Inner Unicorny Mermaid" (I tried some WACKY products within that post), my "Love Lola Makeup - July 2017" post because I'm still confused as to how I managed to take such a beautiful cover photo with not a creative bone in my body and, finally, my "May Beauty Favourites" post - surprisingly, something so simple became my most viewed post of all time and I loved making it.

10. Describe yourself in three words!

If I were to describe myself in three words, I would go with makeup loving maniac because, well, I'm obsessed with collecting and reviewing cosmetics and can be a little loopy sometimes!

11. Are you a tea and biscuits or coffee and cake person?

I'm going to have to say tea and biscuits as I'm not a coffee drinker but I'd love to be able to mix the two and say tea and cake because I do LOVE a bit of cake!

12. What's your idea of a perfect night out?

My perfect night out would consist of a roller disco (I love roller skating, especially to music and with good company) followed by a delicious KFC to put back on all of the weight we lost from the skating - marvellous!

13. What's your idea of a perfect night in?

My perfect night in definitely has to be a late night takeaway and some reality TV (guilty pleasure) with my grandma, Maeve - we have such a laugh when Come Dine With Me is on!

14. What would your best friend/OH/mum say is your best quality?

Most people would say that my best quality is my humour - I'm a very silly person with not only a visual but also a sarcastic sense of humour which means I can make everybody laugh and lighten the mood in a heavy situation.

Before you link up, take a moment to connect with Marina Rose on her social channels: Twitter - Facebook - Instagram

Post Comment Love 5-7 October

Hello there and welcome to this week’s #PoCoLo - if you were here last week, it was great to see you. If you’re new here this week then you’re very welcome. Both Morgan and I are pleased you’ve joined us and we’re sure you’re going to find some great posts to read again this week.

This week I think I’ve survived on tea, and actually I’m fine with that. It really does cover all occasions doesn’t it. Thirsty, drink tea. Need to ponder, drink tea. Not sure what to do next, drink tea. Catch up with friends, drink tea (and then drink something stronger, obviously). Chill out, drink tea. Recover, drink tea.

It’s a good reminder to pack some in our suitcase. And yes, I will. We’re going self-catering, and while I’m happy to buy most things when we arrive, perhaps not tea. We didn’t take tea to Yorkshire, but since we’ve been back we’ve only bought the Yorkshire sort. That’s probably one of our most unusual holiday legacies though.

And so with all this talk of tea, it’s only fitting that my picture is of tea too. And my tea-tiere (like a cafetiere, but for tea, and yes that might not be a real word!)

posh tea on our drinks trolley

And sorry, if all this talk of tea has made you thirsty. I’ll have one too when you put the kettle on!

Blogger Showcase: Emma from Bee Money Savvy

Morgan is hosting Emma’s full set of answers this week, so do pop over there and find out more about this week’s Blogger Showcase. But before you go, let me tell you a snippet about Emma, who is, I think, the first to specify which type of tea - green, for what you’ll know is my favourite questions.

And one more, as Emma says she wouldn’t be a great money blogger if she didn’t have some kind of money-driven goal, and no prizes for guessing her favourite topic to blog about. But that’s it for me, take a look and find out more, and if you get a chance connect with Emma on her social channels: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Pinterest.

If you’d like to be featured in a future Blogger Showcase, then please answer the questions and get in touch with Morgan or I and we can agree a date.