OFFER: 3 issues of Cosmopolitan for just £3!

It's not secret that I love magazines. I love reading them and one day, I'd love to write for one. One of my favourites and one that I subscribe to is Cosmopolitan. I love it so much that in my first year of university I did a presentation on the magazine.

If you look in both my wardrobe and university and my wardrobe at home, you'll find over 100 issues of the magazine as for some reason, I feel the need to save them. And sometimes, I even get out past issues and read them - strange I know. If you haven't heard about Cosmopolitan for whatever reason then I'll let you know that it's the a fashion/beauty/lifestyle/travel/sex magazine. It's basically the perfect magazine for women. And whether you're new to the magazine or someone that buys it regularly on the shelf I highly recommend you take advantage of this offer - especially because you can buy 3 issues here for cheaper than what it'd be to buy just the one. You can currently get 3 issues of Cosmpolitan for just £3 a month! This saves you a massive 71% on what others pay at the news stands. You can buy this great offer here.

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Cosmopolitan Blog Awards

They're back! The Cosmopolitan blog award nominations are back opened again and I'm so excited. I love that blogs are getting recognised by magazines. It's great to be able to work alongside them instead of against them. I'd be honoured if you would vote for me as Established Beauty Blog but even if you don't vote for me, make sure you vote for your favourite blog as it's a great way to recognise blogging talent. And make sure you enter your email address as you'll then be entered into a prize draw to win £500 to spend at Next!

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Vichy Normaderm & Cosmopolitan

Every single month I read every word of both Cosmopolitan and Glamour magazine without fail. I've been subscribed with Glamour for around 3 years but for some reason, I never got round to subscribing to Cosmopolitan. That was until I saw this months offer and quite frankly, couldn't say no.

This month you can subscribe to Cosmopolitan for £18 a year which considering each magazine itself is £3.50, it's an incredible offer. Alongside this, you also get free full sized Purifying Cleansing Gel Anti-Ageing  and Anti-Imperfection Anti-Wrinkle Resurfacing Care from brand Vichy with themselves are worth over £20. I've only been using this range for a few days now but I'm really enjoying using them. The face wash is lovely; very refreshing and removes every trace of make up and the moisturiser provides just the right levels of moisture without making the skin look oily. The moisturiser also resurfaces the skin which is great for me as I suffer with pigmentation and dark scarring spots. If I continue to use this range then I'll definitely do an updated skin care routine and let you know how I get on with it.
You can subscribe to Cosmopolitan here. Do you subscribe to any magazines?
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DEBATE: Magazines.

Today, I thought I'd talk about my first love; magazines. I've grown up with magazines and they've been something that I've enjoyed reading monthly (or weekly) since I can remember. My obsession started off with  the nice and cheap 99p magazine of Toy Box. I don't remember much about it except the price and the name. But I know I loved it. After this, I discovered my love of music and Britney Spears so magazines such as Smash Hits and TOTP - I used to love ripping the posters out, shoving them onto my wall and learning all the lyrics to my favourite songs! Then came the obsession of magazines such as Sabrina's Secrets that came out fortnightly and I used to collect them religiously - I think I still have them somewhere. I then moved on to magazines like Mizz and Sugar - what I thought at the time were 'grown up' magazines. I used to love flicking through them, trying out the quizzes and reading up about boys! But now, my magazine choice consists of these two beauties..

I can't remember a month when I haven't read one of these magazines. I've read them religiously for around 4 years now and even subscribe to Glamour. (I do want to subscribe to Cosmopolitan but I'm finding it hard as I can only find the travel sized which I don't want). I know that a lot of people claim that these types of magazines just 'brainwash' people and 'mould' people into what they believe everyone should be like. But for me personally, I disagree. Without these magazines, I doubt I'd feel as confident as I do. Without these magazines, I wouldn't have an escapism. I love opening up a magazine at night and reading before going to bed. It's a great way to escape, relax and unwind from the days events. It's also a weird argument with the whole 'blogging vs magazine' situation. I don't believe blogging is a replacement for magazines; I believe they can both exist together. For me, they're both completely different. I look at blogs to see personality alongside products whereas magazines, there isn't so much personality within them. But that's fine with me because there is something else there. A voice that speaks to you somehow. I'm aware that I'm just rambling now but I really wanted to get a post up today and when I saw my magazines on my bed, I thought 'why not write about magazines?!' So here it is. My magazines post.

What are your thoughts on magazines? Which ones did you grow up with? Which ones do you read now?
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