Weekend Round Up | The Best of March 8th-13th

Rounding up new product releases, post highlights and products I've got my hands on this week. Here's some of the best for march 8th-13th 2015.

#DearMe | Thoughts for My Younger Self

Me at 20 years old in 2003 on the left, and me today, March 8th 2015

In honour of International Womens Day 2015, I thought I would post some thoughts I wish I had known as my younger self. Youtube has been promoting it's #DearMe campaign, asking women to share their thoughts for their younger selves to help reach out to the young female population and promote the mantra : it gets better. 

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY | LilyPebbles and ViviannaDoesMakeup

Today, March 8th 2014 marks International Women's Day, something that has been observed since the early 1900's, a time when the world was vastly changing and women were starting to make their voices heard. There's a great basic timeline on the International Women's Day website that can be read here.

Two of my favourite bloggers and YouTubers, LilyPebbles and ViviannaDoesMakeup teamed up with Comic Relief recently on a trip to Ghana where the met with women who with the help of Comic Relief, had taken charge of and turned their lives around. They've been able to create a network, train each other skills, start their own businesses and empower themselves to earn their own living and support their families. 

Anna and Lily both made videos on their trip, which I've embedded below for your viewing pleasure. It's inspiring to watch their trip and even more so to see women build a life for themselves amongst poverty, rampant HIV and AIDS.