What's in my Bag?

Hello there!

I recently filmed a 'What's in my bag?' video on my youtube channel and I just felt like doing a small blog post on it too! (I say small, but we all know that I do like to ramble on and on!) I tidied out my bag before doing this blog post so normally my bag is also full of receipts, chewing gum wrappers and other weird and wonderful bits and bobs. 

So starting of with my bag! It is this gorgeous 'pleather' black backpack which is just the cutest thing ever. It has been my go to bag ever since I bought it a couple of months ago. It has really cute gold accents on the buckle and the zip and it is extremely roomy and comfortable to wear. I bought it from New Look and it was only £19.99 which is such a bargain. It is also available in different colours so click here to buy it or to have a wee nosey. 

I don't really keep a lot in my bag, just because I like it to be quite light because if I am out and about, I can sometimes have it on my back all day. When I am shopping, I like to put all of my purchases inside my backpack too because it is so much easier when it is out of the way and in my bag and plus you don't bump into everyone because your hands are full with shopping bags. Seriously, this bag is that spacious! 

So obviously I keep my purse inside my bag. My current purse is from Accessorize and is very simple but cute. It is a large grey purse which has a zipped section, two slip pockets and eight card slots. Again, it is very spacious as I can even fit my phone inside it. I am not sure if that is what it was designed for, but my phone fits nicely in one of the slip pockets which is great! Moving on to my phone, it is the iPhone 6s Plus which I absolutely love and I currently have this cute popcorn case on it from Skinny Dip London. I always make sure that my phone is in my bag because I would pretty much be lost without it. It's also great for those awkward situations where you are sitting next to a complete stranger on the bus and you don't know where to look, so you just take out your phone and scroll through Facebook! Voila, problem solved! Haha! 

And as I live in Scotland and it is always freezing, I make sure that I always keep a hat in my bag. I never used to really wear hats just because I don't think that they really suit me. But needs must! I would just freeze if I didn't wear a hat and so I have found a style of hats that I like and I now have quite a few of them. My favourite hat at the moment is this cute grey pom pom beanie bobble hat from New Look which is just so cosy and because it is grey it goes with everything! 

I also keep a small make-up bag inside my backpack. I use the Zoella Beauty coin purse because it is compact and is just the right size to fit inside your bag. I don't really top up my make-up throughout the day but I always keep my Rimmel London Hide the Blemish Concealer in my bag incase any of my spots need a little more coverage. I also keep my L'Oreal Paris Miss Manga Mascara and whichever lipstick or lip balm I am wearing that day in my make-up bag too!

I always carry my vlogging camera with me as I like to vlog as often as I can because I think that it is a lovely way to capture precious moments. The camera that I use for vlogging is the Canon Powershot S120 which I absolutely love. It is so compact and light which makes it perfect for vlogging and the quality is great.

A small notebook (and a pen) is something else that is always in my backpack. It is generally just incase I ever need to note something down or incase a blog post or video idea ever comes to me when I am out and about. The notebook that I currently keep in my bag is so cute! It has 'Dream' written on it which is probably my favourite word ever. I think it is such an inspirational word because I am all about dreaming and working hard to make your dreams come true. In my bag, I also have the Zoella 'travel pass and compact mirror'. I use this to hold my train tickets, bus tickets or ID because it is so much easier to find rather than having to rake through your purse for your train ticket when you have like a billion other cards in there. It just stops me from stressing which sounds ridiculous. But seriously, if I can't find my train ticket or bus ticket then I get in a panic! So having it in one place and knowing where it is, is so much easier and stress-free. Also it includes a mirror which is always handy if you need to fix up your make-up or check to see if there is anything in your teeth! (There's nothing worse than talking to someone and then looking in the mirror afterwards and realising that some of your lunch is stuck in your teeth!)

Some other bits and pieces that I keep in my backpack are my earphones so that I can listen to some tunes, like 1D! I also always keep tic-tacs in my bag or chewing gum because you've got to have a fresh breath! And lastly, I have some spare batteries for my vlogging camera because they are a must have for any vlogger! Mondpalast are a cheap alternative to canon batteries but they work the same, if not even better! I just bought mine on Amazon!

Okay, so it wasn't really a short blogpost! I just can't help it. Once I start typing, I just can't stop. Let me know in the comments what you keep in your bag and whether or not the items you keep in your bag are similar to the ones that I have mentioned. I hope you have enjoyed reading this blog post and stay tuned for more. Thanks for reading.

Lucille Xox98