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I thought that people would think I didn’t clean my teeth or that I wasn’t clean because my teeth were so yellow. So you can only imagine my joy when I got a call from Redcliffe asking if I’d like to come in and have their Enlighten teeth whitening treatment done – As I hadn’t been to the dentist for just over a year, the lovely Clare carried out a full dental check up for me to make sure my teeth were in good working order before we began the whitening process. We took a few more photos of my teeth before the treatment and then I was shown how to fit my bespoke whitening trays and how to use the at home Enlighten kit.

I can’t remember when I first fell in love with the idea of the city, but as I’ve got older and watched increasingly more romantic movies, my need to visit has only grown. I actually ended up giving up after about 10 minutes of craning my neck to see over the huge crowd but that’s not to say I wouldn’t visit it again next time I go. It was time for an Uber back to the hotel and an early night ready for the next day of exploring. The third day was more of a half day for us due to our flight time, so we were up bright and early to check out of the hotel and head to the final destination we really wanted to tick off our list: Montmatre.

2019 dawned and after a busy start to the year I’ve found myself in a very similar mental state to last year, only this time I’m refusing to allow myself to get distracted from my “wellness journey One good thing that the internet has done for society is definitely making mental health and the discussions about it more mainstream and accepted and it’s something I’m a massive advocate of. I’ve had my own struggles with anxiety and depression since my teens and while I’ve seen a number of different therapists to deal with those issues there are some others that don’t relate directly to mental health that I’ve not yet confronted. At the moment I’m sleeping with my Enlighten trays in for my teeth whitening, so when my alarm goes off in the morning I’m jumping out of bed so fast to take them out and swill my mouth out with water and that’s definitely helping me to get active much earlier each day!

Thanks to my endless scrolling through Instagram, Pinterest, and the new-in page of Topshop, I’ve discovered a springtime colour palette I can fully get on board with… I pretty much lived in mid and light wash denim last summer and it brought such a lovely pop of colour into my wardrobe in a way that felt so natural and accessible for the colour-phobe in me. I have the odd t-shirt and sweater in my chosen colour of the season, however this t-shirt is, I think, the one that has changed it all. I already knew that I wanted a pair of white jeans for this year after firmly establishing my love of denim again last year, and figured that not only would the blue be the perfect addition to inject a bit of colour into my life, but it would work so well with lighter and brighter pieces for the spring and summer months.