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Hannah Marie Brankley
Life In My 30's
  • A vibrant studio shot featuring an opened dark green advent calendar box sitting amidst a dense bed of shiny pink balls. The inner lid displays bold white text reading "CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF GIFTING" accompanied by promotional text and whimsical star illustrations. Inside, numbered compartments hold various skincare products, including a Mango hand cream, a Satsuma shower gel, and tubs of Shea and Dewberry body butter. In the foreground, additional items such as a Vitamin C sheet mask and a small green gift box rest among the balloons.
    2026 | Calendar Countdown | Christmas

    The Body Shop Classic Beauty Advent Calendar

    Hours 1 September 20261 September 2026

    For todayโ€™s Calendar Countdown, weโ€™re taking a look at The Body Shop Classic Beauty Advent Calendar. As always, these posts are based on my own…

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  • A tall rectangular collage titled โ€œA Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Artists & Craftersโ€ featuring four numbered sections of gift ideas. Section 1 includes a variety of art supplies such as colouring pencil sets, acrylic paints, oil pastels, sketching sets, canvas boards, paintbrushes, markers, a mini wooden easel, a mannequin figure, palettes, and painting tools. Section 2 displays crafting kits, including calligraphy sets, resin casting kits, jewellery-making kits, felting, decoupage, textured pottery, cross-stitch kits, coaster painting kits, and miniature model-building kits. Section 3 shows electronic crafting machines such as Cricut and Silhouette cutting machines, heat presses, labelling machines, and digital crafting tools arranged in rows. Section 4 features storage items like rotating organisers, stackable trays, paint saver pots, divided containers, craft caddies, foldable portfolios, and clear plastic storage boxes.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Artists & Crafters

    Hours 18 November 202517 November 2025

    Arts and crafts hampers are honestly one of my favourite gift ideas. If you know someone who is naturally crafty, always picking up a new…

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  • A tall rectangular collage titled โ€œA Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Book Hoardersโ€ featuring four numbered sections of gift ideas. Section 1 shows a variety of popular fiction books and book box sets arranged in rows, including contemporary, fantasy, and mystery titles. Section 2 displays stationery items such as pens, highlighters, sticky notes, page tabs, washi tapes, and colourful markers. Section 3 presents different e-readers, including Kindle, BOOX, Veidoo, and Kobo models. Section 4 features assorted reading-themed gifts: a wooden page holder, a reading-tracker sign, a T-shirt with a bookish quote worn by a person, a butterfly-shaped book stand, floral notebook, magnetic bookmarks, festive book sleeves, a floral book-shaped vase with dried flowers, and a mug with a cute ghost design.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Book Hoarders

    Hours 17 November 202516 November 2025

    A book hamper? Yes please. Honestly, Iโ€™d be the best person to receive something like this, so Iโ€™m hoping Iโ€™ve done it justice for all…

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  • A digital collage titled โ€œA Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Hair Care,โ€ divided into four numbered sections on a white background. Section 1 (top left): Features a variety of hairbrushes and combs, including paddle brushes, detangling brushes, wide-tooth combs, and vented brushes from brands like Tangle Teezer, Wet Brush, and Cantu. Section 2 (top right): Displays an assortment of hair styling electricals such as hairdryers, curling wands, straighteners, and hot air brushes, including models from Dyson, Revlon, and BaByliss. Section 3 (bottom left): Highlights haircare products including heat protectants, masks, serums, oils, sprays, and treatments from brands like Living Proof, Olaplex, Briogeo, and Lโ€™Orรฉal. Section 4 (bottom right): Shows a collection of hair accessories like scrunchies, claw clips, headbands, bobby pins, bows, and satin hair ties in a range of neutral and pastel colours.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ All Things Hair Care

    Hours 13 November 202512 November 2025

    Hair care can be so lovely for hamper gifting. Whether youโ€™re buying for someone who loves a quiet pamper night or someone whoโ€™s always testing…

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  • A collage-style graphic titled โ€œA Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Makeup.โ€ The layout is divided into four numbered sections, each marked with a green circle: 1 โ€“ Complexion, 2 โ€“ Eyes, 3 โ€“ Lips, and 4 โ€“ Tools and Accessories. Section 1 (Complexion): A selection of primers, bronzers, blushers, contour sticks, setting sprays and multi-use face palettes. Products vary from tubes and compacts to pump bottles and sticks. Shades range from soft neutrals to deeper bronzes. Brands shown include Milk Makeup, Charlotte Tilbury, NARS, NYX, Fenty, Saie, Hourglass and Makeup Forever. Section 2 (Eyes): Eye primers, mascaras, eyeliners, brow pencils, brow gels, cream shadows and a few eyeshadow palettes. Items appear in black, brown, gold and pastel packaging. Mascara wands, liquid liner pens and brow products are arranged alongside palettes featuring warm neutrals and bronze tones. Brands include Anastasia Beverly Hills, Glossier, Charlotte Tilbury and W7. Section 3 (Lips): A wide range of lip products including balms, glosses, stains, lip oils, bullet lipsticks, crayons, liquid lipsticks and balm-tint hybrids. Shades include reds, pinks, browns and nude tones. Packaging styles include slim tubes, doe-foot applicators and small pots. Brands include NARS, Byoma, Glossier, Benefit, The Ordinary, Elf and Fenty Beauty. Section 4 (Tools and Accessories): Makeup bags, brush sets, cosmetic organisers, sponges and cleaning products. A variety of makeup brushes in silver, black and gold tones sit alongside sponge multipacks, kabuki brushes, eyelash curlers and brush cleansers. There are pouches, travel organisers and structured makeup cases in black, cream and olive green.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide For… The Makeup Lover

    Hours 11 November 202510 November 2025

    Makeup is such a fun and creative gifting area, and it suits so many ages and personalities. You could even adapt it for younger recipients…

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  • A festive collage-style graphic titled โ€œA Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ Skincare.โ€ The layout is divided into four numbered sections represented by green circles: 1 โ€“ Cleansers, 2 โ€“ Bodycare, 3 โ€“ Targeted Treatments, and 4 โ€“ Tools & Accessories. Section 1 (Cleansers): A mix of popular cleansing balms, oils, gels, and creams from various brands. Products include tubs, pump bottles, and squeeze tubes in colours like blue, white, pink, yellow, and purple. Examples shown: The Body Shop Camomile Cleansing Butter, The Inkey List Oat Cleansing Balm, Tatcha The Rice Wash, CeraVe Hydrating Foaming Oil Cleanser, and BYOMA Creamy Jelly Cleanser. Section 2 (Bodycare): Body scrubs, shower gels, body washes, and moisturisers in bright, seasonal packaging. Items include a sol de janeiro body scrub, warm vanilla sugar shower products, Salt & Stone body wash, and Laura Mercier body cream. Bottles and jars appear in tones of peach, gold, lavender, green, and white. Section 3 (Targeted Treatments): A collection of serums, masks, exfoliants, and hydrating ampoules. Products include vitamin C serums, hyaluronic acid, clay masks, exfoliating toners, overnight treatments, and sheet mask packs. Packaging ranges from glass droppers to pump bottles and small boxes in neutral and pastel shades. Section 4 (Tools & Accessories): A range of skincare tools such as reusable cleansing pads, exfoliating mitts, body brushes, gua sha stones, ice globes, skincare spoons, and washcloths. Items appear in materials like jade, silicone, cotton, wood, and plastic, with colours such as turquoise, beige, white, and pink.
    2025 | Christmas | Gift Guides

    A Christmas Hamper Guide Forโ€ฆ The Skincare Lover

    Hours 10 November 20259 November 2025

    Skincare is one of those categories that feels incredibly personal, yet it also makes a beautifully thoughtful gift. Itโ€™s one of my favourite hamper ideas,…

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Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day whilst living with IBDโ€ฆ but this year, I found myself asking a question I never thought I would. Do I actually still have IBD? After 3 surgeries, having everything from the ileum down removed and now living with a stoma, my Ulcerative Colitis is no longer active. Thereโ€™s nowhere left for the disease to flare in the way it once didโ€ฆ so where does that leave me? Am I someone who had IBD? Or am I still someone living with it? In todayโ€™s blog post, I wanted to explore that question because IBD is so much more than just a bowel disease. Even without active disease, I still live with the effects it left behind. A stoma gave me my quality of life back after years of immense pain and failed treatments, but it isnโ€™t a cure. Itโ€™s a management route with its own ups and downs. Iโ€™d love to know if anyone else with a stoma has ever questioned where they fit within the IBD community now ๐Ÿ’œ Link: https://hannahmariebrankley.com/world-ibd-day-2026-do-i-still-have-ibd/ #WorldIBDDay #IBD #UlcerativeColitis #ChronicIllness #IBDAwareness InflammatoryBowelDisease
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I feel like this book is on many people's favourit I feel like this book is on many people's favourite lists... Do I add it to my TBR? Day 284 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with a black cat on the cover ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ› #Bookstagram #Bookish #BlackCats #SpookyReads #365DaysOfPrompts
Even when the supermarket only has a small selecti Even when the supermarket only has a small selection of books, I find em ๐Ÿ˜‚ Day 283 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with a skull on the cover #Bookstagram #Bookish #HorrorBooks #SpookyReads #365DaysOfPrompts
Look what came! ๐Ÿ˜ Scroll to see which book I got Look what came! ๐Ÿ˜ Scroll to see which book I got for my first Aardvark book club box! I am so excited to read this, and I'm so happy we now have Aardvark in the UK. Day 282 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with a creepy doll on the cover #Bookstagram #AardvarkBookClub #HorrorBooks #SpookyReads #365DaysOfPrompts
Apologies, this post is late; there are so many go Apologies, this post is late; there are so many good books this month and whittling them down was difficult. I also had to account for the 25- yes, you read that correct, 25 kindle book I bought in this month's 99p deals ๐Ÿ˜… Here are the October releases that are on my radar: ๐Ÿ“š The Haunted Librarian by Auralee Wallace ๐Ÿ“š The Dues & Don'ts of Magic by Delemhach ๐Ÿ“š The House Built on Alligator Bones by Sophia Huneycutt ๐Ÿ“š She's a Doll by Barbara Truelove ๐Ÿ“š A Christmas Bookstore Murder by Sue Minix ๐Ÿ“š Merry Spooky Love by Josie Silver ๐Ÿ“š Look What the Cat Dragged In by Jason Rekulak ๐Ÿ“š What a Nightmare by Rebekah Faubion ๐Ÿ“š Entities to Lovers by Mallory Marlowe ๐Ÿ“š Barb Jacobs Just Won't Die! by Tanya Pell ๐Ÿ“š When the Night Comes Knocking by Katherine Daniel ๐Ÿ“š Snowed Inn by Valerie Bowman What did you add to your October wishlist? #Books #BookCommunity #OctoberReleases #NewBookReleases #Bookstagram
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