The Liebster Award

Hello everyone, happy Monday! You may be surprised to see that todays post is not a Magnificent Monday. I've chosen to have a week off with this feature, in order to post something a little different. Recently, I was nominated by the lovely Eloise, from 'Eloise's Diary' for the Liebster award. I love her blog and was super happy to see she had chosen me as one of the nominees. Check out her blog here, and her Liebster award post here.

If like me at first, you are feeling a spot of confusion as to what on earth the Liebster Award actually is, then fear not, I've put together a little explanation of what this award is all about. The Liebster award was created in order to allow newish/smaller beauty bloggers get to know each other. I believe it is of German origin, as the word 'Liebster' means 'dearest', 'sweetest', or 'kindest' in German. There is no materialistic award, and well, no award at all really. Just an honorary award, with no real strings attached. It is definitely a huge compliment to be nominated for the award, as it means your blog is loved greatly by the nominator. Whilst it may seem a chore to you to go out of your way to post something a little different, it is honestly worth joining in on, and will provide you and your blog with plenty of benefits. It is a great way to put your blog out there and get involved within the blogger community, as it is created for those with 200 followers or less. You are given 11 questions to answer, in which you are able to let people get to know you a little better.

Without further ado, lets get straight into the post. The rules are as following;

1. You have to link back to the blogger you were nominated by.  

2. You have to answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger you were nominated by.

3. You then have to pick 11 nominees with under 200 followers to answer your questions (it cannot be the person who nominated you)

5. You must tell the nominees that they have been nominated by you.

Eloise has selected a great bunch of questions for me to answer, so here we go!

1) What is your favourite artist/band?

There is simply no way I can choose one! I love Beyoncè, Ariana Grande, One Direction, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, Imogen Heap, India Arie & The Beatles

2) What is one thing you can’t leave the house without?

My phone & lip balm

3) What is the best thing about blogging to you?

I am a huge fan of both writing and photography, therefore I get such pleasure out of having my own little corner of the internet where I am able to put both of these hobbies to good use and practise. It is such a rewarding thing to do, too. I always feel so happy and smiley when I get a kind comment, or reach a milestone in followers, page views etc. It brings a great sense of pride and makes you feel as though all the hard work and dedication has paid off. 

Blogging is truly the best!

4) What is your favourite colour?

Again - there are multiple! 

Pink, Orange, Mint Green, Pale blue and Red. A few too many? 

5) What is one random fact about yourself?

I love Disney. Not even on a regular scale. I am full on obsessed. I love everything about it and it is something I truly do love. The films, the characters, the songs, and just Disney in general.

6) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?

California. Sunshine, beaches, shopping and most of all - Disneyland.

7) Why did you start your blog?

Well, after spending the majority of my time watching beauty gurus on Youtube, and reading blogs, I decided it was about time I involved myself within the beauty community. I simply adore all things beauty and fashion, and wanted to express these passions in some way. It was also partly down to an afternoon of boredom one day in February, and it was a kind of 'well, what time is better than now?' kind of moment, and Mollie Jess Blog was born. 

8) If you could only listen to one album for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Oh wow. So hard to choose! Either Beyoncè's visual album or Ariana Grande's 'Yours Truly'. I also adore all 3 of One Direction's albums.

9) If you had to change your name, what would you change it to?

Probably Daisy - I adore that name!

10) Do you have any bad habits?

The reluctancy to embrace change. I begrudge making changes to what I'm used to, and I guess I would consider it a bad habit.

11) What is your favourite month?

Definitely December. The festivity and joy makes me smile a heck of a lot!

So, that conclude's the answers to the question's Eloise asked me. Now time to present to you the questions I have rumbled up for my nominees. 

1) Who is your style icon?

2) What is your fave thing about blogging?

3) What are your top 3 favourite blogs? 

4) What is your favourite place you have been?

5) Where would be your dream holiday?

6) If you could meet one celebrity, who would it be? 

7) Fave beauty brand?

8) Favourite places to shop for clothes?

9) Favourite film?

10) What would be your dream job?

11) What is/was your favourite subject at school?

Now for the nominees I have selected to join in on the Liebster Award. (In no particular order)

1) Eden from Vintage Vogue 

2) Caitlin from Beau et Belle 

3) Ally from Ally's Fashions 

4) Katie from Katie Joslin 

5) Rachel from Rachel Coco 

6) Runzhi from 500 days of Makeup

7) Amy from Blending Beauty

8) Caitlin from Oceanic Stars

9) Lara from Looks Like Lara

10)Abbie from Dainty Beauty

I love all of the blogs mentioned and you should definitely check them out!

I apologize for the slightly more random post today however it is something I wanted to get involved in. Hopefully you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Thank you all for reading!

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