Life's a beach

The sun is finally making an appearance. :) The weather has been so gorgeous these past few days, and I really hope the weather lasts. The sun really makes my days feel tons better, and makes me actually want to get out of bed in the morning. ^-^


With the weather reaching around 20°C - or at least, according to the car - it'll soon be time for me to put away my winter coat, boots and thick cardigans and swap them for maxi dresses, maxi skirts and palazzo trousers; admittedly, I'd need to buy palazzo pants first - but hey, Primark have some good offerings at the moment!

My small collection of maxi dresses :)

The navy and camel one is the newest addition to the maxi dress family. I saw it on Dina's blog, thinking it was absolutely gorgeous and floaty. She said she had gotten it from Primark, but her post on the dress was last summer. On a whim, I thought I'd see if it was knocking around on good old eBay. To my absolute surprise, I found a brand new with tags one and won it for £25 - the actual RRP price of it last summer.
The black and camel one was £10 in the Bank sale about a year ago, although it's yet to be worn.
The black floral one was also brand new from eBay, and is part of ASOS's range. It was around £10-£15, maybe?
Lastly, the white aztec print one was an absolute bargain - brand new from a car boot sale for £2! 

My even smaller collection of maxi skirts :)

The leopard print skirt is a jersey type one from Sainsburys. I adore it when food shopping leads to awesome clothes purchases :) it was £7.
The black one is one I actually bought today from Matalan. It was originally £12 but I got it for £10.80 with my student discount, woo! It's a little different to the typical black maxi skirt as it has little pleats at the top of the skirt, which give it more of a feminine look. 

Maxi dresses and skirts are so modest, all whilst being fashionable at the same time; definitely hijabi friendly :) 


Until next time,
xoxo, Saima.

Nivea Visage Young Tinted Moisturiser & MUA Liquid Eyeliner

I've been in need of a new liquid eyeliner for a while - my signature makeup look is always winged eyeliner, so I tend to go through it quite quick. I went into Superdrug, intending on getting the Barry M liquid eyeliner; however, on browsing the shop, I spotted Superdrug's own brand MUA - never having purchased anything from the MUA range before, I thought I'd try their liquid eyeliner. For £1, it was super cheap!


I applied it today at around half 7 this morning and nearly eight hours later, it is still intact. The nib of the eyeliner brush is a little thinner than I'm used to, but it's not a huge deal. The consistency of the eyeliner isn't black black, but it's dark enough to satisfy. Overall, for £1, you really can't go wrong!

I also popped into Home Bargains; I tend to go into this shop to get cheap bottles of water and snacks for my lectures :)
Looking around, I noticed a tinted moisturiser aimed at young skin - by young, I'm pretty sure it means clear etc. Alhamdulillah, I've been blessed with clear skin so I haven't ever felt like I need to use foundation, but lately I've been craving a dewy look. This moisturiser seemed like it could do the job and again, for £1.99 - the price for this in other shops is around £6! - it was a bargain. It comes in one shade, natural, claiming that it adapts to any skin tone. However, it's a little dark so would probably truly suit medium skin tones. 


Also, Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. :) I tend to ignore the commercial holidays, finding them sooo overated. But a day that celebrates mothers is not one to be ignored - obviously, we should treat our mothers wonderfully all the time, but it's nice to have one day which recognises the efforts they make! Islam understands the sacrifices mothers make for their children, and shows just how important they are. Our beloved Rasool'Allah (صلى الله عليه و سلم)  once said:

"Paradise lies at the feet of your mother."

We can never repay our parents for what they've done for us; especially our mothers. My own mum once told me a story of a man who lived with his elderly mother. He did everything for her. One day, he thought, 'I must have repaid my mum back for all the things she did to me when I was younger.' That night, he had a dream. Allah Subhana Wa Ta'ala showed him something that had happened when this man was a baby. He had urinated on his side of the bed. His mother, without even thinking, had laid on the wet side of the bed herself and put her baby son on the dry side. In this dream, Allah SWT told the man that he had not even repaid that one night. We only have one mother; treat her right and enter the Garden of Paradise, inshallah :)

Until next time,

xoxo, Saima.

KONY 2012

I didn't think my second post would be about anything serious; I was thinking more along the lines of a fashion or beauty post. However, all over my Facebook news feed, I saw the same video link being shared. I wasn't particularly sure what 'KONY' was, until my little sister watched it. It's very rare for her to cry publicly, so I knew it must be pretty hard-hitting if it caused her to shed a few tears!

Upon watching it, I realised several things:
1. There can be some truly nasty evil people; but equally, there can be those people who reignite faith in humanity. These are the kind of people we should focus on, and all strive to be like. A quote from our beloved prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم) excellently portrays this:

“You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.”

2. The countries that have the power to do something about monsters like Joseph Kony, don't always do so. In the film, it says that the U.S Government are reluctant to enter Uganda and help because Kony could pose a threat to their country and to their finances. This isn't an unreasonable thing to say - especially when considering tragedies like 9/11. However, if they'd had this attitude when it concerned Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden etc. then additional atrocities would have occurred. And truthfully, there's no way Joseph Kony is as dangerous as these madmen. It's almost definitely to do with the 'finances' of America; but what is more important: money or freedom? It's time the influential get their priorities straight.

3. We, ordinary people, can make a difference; as highlighted by the people of Libya and Egypt who changed their own futures, subhanallah. :) this is why I urge you to watch the video if you haven't already done so. It's a very worthwhile 30 minutes...

KONY 2012 - Link!

Until next time,
xoxo, Saima

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Hello :)

Hello there, I'm Saima!

I've been a reader of many blogs - mainly beauty, fashion and hijabi ones - for quite some time. I've thought of venturing into the blogger world for a while now, so here it goes... 
I am largely inspired by many things in life, so this blog will be dedicated to a mismatch of all those inspirations and things which generally interest or have an impact on me.
I am currently a first year university student, studying Law and Criminology. Alhamdulillah, studying Law has always been something I've wanted to do, so I am truly grateful for this opportunity. I am soon to be nineteen, and have been a hijabi for little under a year. It can be hard juggling modern day life whilst trying to stay true to Islam, but inshallah I'm en route to doing so.


Until next time,
xoxo, Saima

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