Anna in Wonderland

In another life, before I started having lupus symptoms, I was a theatre junkie. I spent countless summers and after school days performing in musicals and plays, from The Sound of Music to N...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/07/an-afternoon-at-theatre-everybodys.html

I don't know about you, but I'm a huge fan of Cath Kidston, Ted Baker and many of the more premium high street brands. (For those unfamiliar with the term "premium high street," it refers to ...

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I've spent the majority of my adult life working from home when I've not been in academia, and since graduating, not much has changed in that front. Whether I'm consulting on historical proje...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/06/5-tips-for-motivating-yourself-when-you.html

So, Auntie Flo (as some of us call it in the USA), visits most women every month. While there are some variations to this depending on your body, if you're on specific birth control, your age...

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Back when I was making YouTube videos, I actually said (I am so embarrassed by this) that it doesn't matter what shampoo you use. I was using £1 shampoo and conditioner from the pharmacy, an...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/05/my-new-favorite-vegan-shampoo.html

Would this blog even be in existence if I didn't go to the Alice in Wonderland x Cath Kidston collaboration launch? No, it would not. Unfortunately I'm pretty broke right now, so I couldn't p...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/05/cath-kidston-x-alice-in-wonderland.html

When I was growing up, autumn was the time of the year when all of the new shows came back. However, the Internet, and particularly streaming services, have totally revolutionized and changed...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/05/5-shows-you-should-be-streaming-this.html

Over the past couple of months, I've started picking up pieces for the spring and summer. This is the first time in a LONG time I've actually bought clothing, as I've been recycling a lot or ...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/05/2018-springsummer-haul.html

It probably isn't the best idea to wait until you're on the wrong side of 30 to start a skincare routine, but I've kind of just taken young looking skin for granted. My parents both look amaz...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/05/my-skin-care-routine-for-dummies-with.html

As a lot of you know, if you've been following me for a while, I was big into blogging for a couple of years and then quit abruptly in 2016. In 2017, I tried to come back for a short while, b...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/04/downsides-of-blogging-and-why-its-been.html

After a three year-ish hiatus due to my intense IC pain, I have finally started regular workouts at the gym again. It's not particularly easy, but I'm in there as often as possible to get my ...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/04/5-tips-to-help-you-motivate-yourself-to.html

I know it's at the end of the month of January, and therefore it's a bit late for a "year in review" type thing, but hey. I'm just jumping back on proverbial the blogging horse, so I thought ...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/01/my-favorite-books-of-2017.html

Is YouTube as a platform dead? I'm going with a yes. YouTube has consistently treated bigger content creators with a ridiculous preference that allows them to get away with harassing people ...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/01/leaving-youtube-for-dtube.html

Since I haven't posted in a couple of months (save my most recent post), I thought I'd update everyone on my life in the past few months and where I've been and where I see my blog going. Fi...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/01/behind-blog-life-update-and-2018-goals.html

It's been a minute since I have posted on my blog as I've been caught up with a few personal things and remedying my health issues. I haven't gone on any holidays in the past few months (thou...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2018/01/5-tips-for-securing-your-home-while.html

Simply Be was kind enough to send me some amazing items from their pyjama range back at the beginning of November. I have, unfortunately, been putting off the blog due to some health issues a...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/11/pamper-night-collaboration-with-simply.html

I'm more of a baker than a cook, but I'm attempting to make more main meals and learning to make some easy meals. I mean, basically, if I were a Sim, I'd probably be at baking level 2, 3 at m...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/10/two-thick-easy-and-vegan-autumn-soups.html

For most of us, having a chronic illness with severe chronic pain means spending days at a time in sweatpants, sweatshirts and with your hair in a messy bun. While that's fine if you don't ha...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/10/6-tips-for-staying-fashionable-when-you.html

Every year around this time, I start to get a little nostalgic for the United States and this time of year there. Of course, I grew up in California, so there wasn't necessarily the idea of "...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/10/5-things-i-miss-about-autumn-in-uk.html

Happy Monday everyone! I'm doing a blog post today about a topic I get asked a lot about, and that's by people considering PhDs if they should do one. So after just finishing my PhD this July...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/09/should-you-get-phd-six-things-to.html

I was diagnosed with Lupus SLE in 2010, after five years of suffering debilitating symptoms. As someone who has been through the ringer with an illness no one can seem to place, until they ca...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/09/no-we-dont-have-to-be-grateful-for-your.html

Hi everyone! I am so sorry to have neglected my blog so soon after I brought it back. Truthfully, I was suffering from a pretty serious kidney infection and it was really difficult to sit up ...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/09/why-ive-neglected-my-blog-so-soon-after.html

One thing I got up to this summer was a little trip through Europe with my parents and boyfriend. Normally, I would have documented this for my blog, but with everything going on with the cou...

https://annainwonderland.co.uk/2017/08/exploring-my-great-grandfathers-polish.html

Disclaimer: The very first thing to acknowledge when starting a blog is that building a successful one isn't easy. While people used to be plucked from obscurity to fame just from having a si...

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I definitely don't want to use my blog to document my court case (as I will be actually doing a product review and some travel photos some time this week or next!) but I thought I might as wel...

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