My Favourite Blogs – The Hope Blogger Awards!
Bonjour, everyone! A bit of a different post for you today. I’ve been reading more and more blogs recently and I really felt I should give my amazing new finds some credit for their fabulous work. They all really deserve it, I know how much hard work it takes to run a blog, and I can only imagine how much it must take to run a really successful one!
Before we start, if you click on these links and realise that all of these blogs are far better than mine, please don’t ditch me. I am genuinely scared this will happen.
This is especially relevant with the Cosmo shortlisting that’s been going on, so maybe we should call this The Hope Blogger Awards. I like that name.
The Hope Blogger Awards 2014
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you were not included in these awards, please do not be offended. It is probably through a fault of my own, most likely that I haven’t given you a chance. If you believe this is the case then please leave me your link so I can get reading or your twitter so we can get chatting, and you may be shortlisted in the next Hope Blogger Awards!
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Blogs I Most Enjoy Reading Shortlist:
A Yellow Brick Blog – I love everything about this blog. The fresh, clean yet girly layout, the friendly, funny and personal writing style and the beautifully original posts (her ‘dress like disney’ series is so cute and I can see the work she puts into it; I still love it even though it’s almost completely pointless) are just a few. This blog is light-hearted, humorous and fun – and the photography isn’t half bad either! With 2287 bloglovin followers, this blog simply sells itself. To be honest, I’m quite surprised she wasn’t shortlisted in the Cosmo awards (although the Hope Awards are obviously much more important).
Thumbelina Lillie – This lovely blog was nominated in the Cosmo awards (not that I care), and quite rightly too. I love the photography, the variety of posts and the writing style, which is quite different to that of the above blog. It’s more to-the-point especially with reviews, but still has a bit of humour and personality thrown in, which is just how I like it really! I feel like it’s more down to earth, and the posts are useful and relevant. I can SO see why this blog has 2775 followers on bloglovin.
Temporary Secretary – The product photography. Is. Fantastic – I always keep her ‘Photography tips for beauty bloggers’ post open on my browser because she has such great tips, if my photos were half as good as hers (they’re not) then I would be a happy bunny! I also love the template/layout (not too pleased about the adverts though) and the writing is also very good. Very light and bright, but when it comes down to it the reviews can be very detailed. It is a joy to read, and to look at.
Bags Of Style Blog – A blog about bags. Nothing more, nothing less. Well, maybe a little bit more – there’s something about it that just keeps me coming back even though I’m not a very baggy person (Hm. baggy person). Perhaps it is the expert nature of the posts, which makes me think she is some sort of bag-expert with a full blown degree or something. Or perhaps it is her astounding ability to create such a diverse range of posts whilst still talking about the same thing – bags. She has an amazing personal style that shows through in her posts (and her bags!) and she does some lovely photography. This blog deserves much more credit than it is currently getting.
My Pale Skin – Not only do I find this blog incredibly helpful in dealing with my own pale skin, it also features some of the best face photography I have ever seen, making the FOTD’s and tutorials so clear and easy to follow and recreate. I guess it does help if you’re super pretty. As with most of the nominated blogs, the layout is clear, simple and uncluttered and there is an impressive variety of posts. The make up looks she creates are also some of the most beautiful I have seen. I’m sure it is easy to see why she has 1249 bloglovin followers!
Ems Says – I guess I just really like this blog because I’m interested in all the posts. The products she posts about are relevant to me and my life, more so than other blogs. I’m not exactly sure why or how this happens; maybe we were BFFs in a past life or something. This keeps me interested because I really feel like I’m not wasting my time reading random posts I’ve been sucked into about products that I’ll never buy or places I’ll never go. I always feel like I’ve gained something from reading her blog! Once again, beautiful writing style. Needs way more credit.
Friendliest Bloggers Shortlist:
For all you bloggers out there who don’t feel established enough in the community, these lovely ladies will welcome you right in! I treasure all of their mini convos on twitter, or just really friendly and lovely tweets/emails. An example to the blogging community! Here are their names/blog names and the ways in which I keep in contact with them.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Emily Louise – @Emilybretnall
Abi Kempen – @Kemples1
Style Storms (Amy) – @stylestorms_
Thumbelina Lillie – @MeganJaneLillie
Katie – @Lipstickbblog
Jules – @LikesLippy
Teenage Beauty Blogger (Mia) – teenagebeautyblogger@gmail.com
Velvet Blush – @velvetblushx
The winner of each category will be announced soon, so keep your eyes open and on this blog!
The prize is eternal glory, by the way.
LOVE FROM,
SASHA xx
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July 22, 2014 @ 12:40 pm
Lovely post – this is really fab :) I love reading these kind of posts as it opens my blogging eyes to other lovely blogs that i have not yet had the pleasure of reading. Thank you for sharing :) x
Brenda | http://www.brendabusybee.blogspot.com
July 22, 2014 @ 6:04 pm
Thank you so much! I’m glad I could influence you to read these blogs and interact with these bloggers, it’s worth it I promise!
I really appreciate your support <3
SASHA xxx
July 22, 2014 @ 5:55 pm
Same as Brenda, this post has introduced me to some great new blogs! More of these posts would be great! Thank you!
Emma Louise xx
theemmalouise.blogspot.co.uk
July 22, 2014 @ 6:08 pm
It’s really interesting that this post was so widely appreciated, I wasn’t expecting this to be a really popular post! I simply did it to give some credit to those blogs/bloggers I really appreciated. I will try and do similar posts following your request, thank you for your support!
Love from SASHA xx
July 23, 2014 @ 6:43 am
Aw I enjoyed reading this. Most of your list I already read, but I have found a few more lovely reads. Oh and really sweet of you to short list me in the friendliest blogger award!
Xo
July 23, 2014 @ 9:00 am
Well you have been very friendly! You always give me lots of support and reply to the tweets that no one else replies to haha! I wrote the ‘friendliest bloggers’ shortlist to commend that and other lovely things other bloggers have done, to show I really appreciate it!
I’m very glad you found more reads here, and will hopefully get in touch with some of the other ‘friendliest bloggers’ now you have something to talk about!
Love from Sasha <3 xox
July 23, 2014 @ 11:01 am
Hey, honey! What do you think about follow each other via bloglovin? If you want, just follow me there and I’ll follow you back! http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3947784
July 23, 2014 @ 11:16 am
Sure! I always follow back anyway <3
SASHA x
July 25, 2014 @ 1:00 pm
Hello Sasha! I promised you that I would stop by today :-) Thanks again for having my on this lovely list of bloggers. I have also just read your blog comment, too. I use photoshop to arrange my wishlist image! xx
July 27, 2014 @ 9:39 am
Thank you for the tip, I’ve been using Microsoft Word and it doesn’t look half as nice! I’m definitely going to use photoshop from now on! Thanks for stopping by, I rave about your photography a lot but I actually love your writing as well! In your first follow friday post you wrote about how the blogging community should stick together a bit more, and I really hoped that writing this post would do just that!
Sasha xx :)