3 apps I can't live without

Its 2017, and as much as we hate to admit it we are all addicted to our phones and rely on them for almost everything. Wether it's editing your photos, booking a taxi within seconds or learning a new language we use our phones for EVERYTHING! I do believe in having some down time where you should switch your phone off have night, get away from all social media and choose to read instead but I also believe we are incredibly lucky to have the technology we have to day and should really make the most of it. 

I thought it would be a great idea to share some apps I find incredibly helpful, some well known, others might be new to you that you will love:

1. PINTREST

This is a pretty popular app which many people use however I don't think people use it to the best of its ability. This app allows you to pin photos onto different boards from all different genres/categories for you to look back on. If you are a little OCD like me when it comes to mood boards you will adore this app. For me this app has been exceptionally helpful when I was volunteering in Africa and while doing my degree right now when I have had to come up with activity ideas, the educational sector of the app is full of inspiration to help you bring a little fun to the classroom. 

I also use this app for discovering hidden treasures while travelling which you won't find as easy through google or trip advisor ect. I pin the places I want to visit in each city so when I come to booking my trip I have a bucket list ready to tick off.

Lastly I love to use this app to pick up inspiration for my home, the app if full of interesting DIY ideas easy for everyone to do. The images of other peoples homes really inspired me to get my act together and make the most of my tiny, little flat. Here is a link to my Pinterest if you would like to gain some inspo from my boards! https://uk.pinterest.com/ForeverJessMay/ 

2. FREEPRINTS

This app has been a life saver for me and is possibly my favourite app from them all! This app basically lets your order 40 photos a month for free which you can pick straight form your phone photos or social media, the photos are then posted to your address and all you have to pay is for the postage which is really really cheap. Capturing memories and keeping ahold of them is so important to me, I love to print out all my photos and keep them in photo albums to look back on and show to family and friends. This used to cost me so much more as its very expensive to print out photos from shops so this app has probably saved me hundreds of pounds, I couldn't thank it enough. You also can redeem rewards through using the app and sharing it with others, when placing your order used my invite code to earn 5 bonus free prints per month : jnichol4

3. BEEN

This app is fairly new to me but I have fell in love with it and can't wait to have the chance to use it more. This app basically lets you highlight on a word map where you have been, for travel lovers like me this is perfect to see what parts of the world you have seen a lot of and what parts you really need to see. The app also tell you what percentage of the world you have seen and what percentage of each continent you have seen. To my surprise I have only seen 10%  of Europe and 3% of the world which is crazy, this app has made me determined to plan some more travelling trips and get that percentage as high as i possibly can!

Hopefully this post has been useful for you and will help you make the most of the thousands of apps out there just waiting for us to discover!

May Favourites

Hello guys!! I'm back!! This year is flying by before my eyes, as if it is June already and I have never been more ready for the summer. May has always been one of my favourite months ( and not just because its my birthday month). To me May always seems to be filled with such happiness and fun times, and this years May was really better than ever. 

My birthday is on the 1st of May which is always close to a bank holiday, this year it actually landed on the bank holiday which was a bonus! I decided to spend the Sunday night with my closest friends having a well deserved night out so of course I had to find the perfect birthday dress, I spent hours browsing online boutiques, until I finally found the dream dress from Oh Polly. The dress is a fake PVC material which I got in the colour baby pink but the nude colour is also BEAUTIFUL. The dress is something I would never usually go for, I own nothing like it but I thought I would step out of my comfort zone for the special night and luckily it worked out a dream. The dress fitted perfectly, it was so figure hugging for my shape which really showed off my best parts and hid the not so great parts haha. However through the night my dress did rip on my bum which was a bit of a nightmare and very embarrassing but with a little bit of nail glue and a handbag size sewing kit we saved it! Oh Polly were so lovely about it, they apologised for the faulty item and sent me a new one the next day, such a lovely brand. 

Oh Polly | £40

I don't think it would be possible to do a May favourites post without mentioning a birthday present. My lovely brother had seen be eyeing up a planner/dairy in Urban Outfitters for months which I just couldn't justify myself buying as it was quite pricey for what it is so he surprised me with it for my birthday. Now I have this planner I don't know how I used to live without it, it is an absolute life saver and totally worth the money. It has a beautiful pastel pink marble print cover and the pages inside are made for an organisation freak like me haha. I love using it to split my never ending to do list into what days and times I can complete each task, I received the planner in the middle of exam season so it worked a treat for organising revision and essay writing. 

Urban Outfitters | £16

My next favourite is something I had been meaning to read for so so long and I am so happy I have now finished it as I can honestly say it has changed my life. The book is You are a Badass by Jen Sincere, I don't want to say too much about this book as I am planning on doing a full length book review, however I will say the author is amazing, its such an easy read and everybody should give it a go! 

Amazon | £6.99

Now I have finished my first year of Uni I am a bit lost, not knowing what to do with myself now exams are over. I have decided to give myself a week or two of chill time which consists of binge watching Youtube while eating cookie dough ice-cream from the tub. The Youtuber I can't get enough of at the moment is Conan Grey, I found him not so long ago but since I have I just can't stop watching him, I'm either watching his videos or listening to his music on repeat! His music is so calming and the music videos, vlogs and chatty videos all have this vintage, creative feel to them which have really inspired me to create more. He is so different and inspiring, and his Lana Del Rey cover of Radio is unbelievable! 

Conan Grey

I could go on forever with favourites from May as there has been so many but these are the ones that have really stood out this month. Hope you have enjoyed this post, please comment if you would like to see more favourite posts in the future?

Love 
Jess x