I'm writing this now becauase I am going through one of those phases where I am completely stuck on what to blog about. I haven't posted in a while and feel bad for neglecting my blog in favour of university and work lately, and now I'm too busy to create big set ups and can't be bothered to take pictures for an outfit post. I've been looking for inspiration from other blogs, Pinterest etc and now have a few ideas I can make happen over the next few posts. Since I was looking for help, I thought I'd make a post offering that help to my future lazy-blogger self. Hopefully someone else can benefit from this list too.

1. Latest buys or month favourites

This can just be a mini haul of everything you have bought recently. If you're strapped for time or bother, just pick your favourite buys, readers aren't going to mind if you forget to picture your Head & Shoulders shamp. If you're feeling super lazy, lay our your items on a clear space (I like to use the wooden flooring and turn it white using Facetune), take a group shot for the head image and maybe zoom in on a couple of the products for a few extra pics. Bash in a few opinions and post! Quick and easy!

2. Life hacks

Maybe you've come across a really cool idea that makes your life a little bit easier, or a cheap and easy way to make your bedroom look hella' marble, share it with your readers! I'm actually planning a post about thrifting and upcycling. This is really easy as it doesn't require much thought, just a quick explanation of whatever your hack is and maybe a picture or two. If it is something you can't physically picture, lay out of couple of your posessions or pretty products. If it is to do with blogging, maybe include your laptop, iPad, a notebook and pen or something like that - love all that stationary shiz.

3. Going somewhere? 

If you're going on holiday or just a weekend away, while you're packing, take some pictures! I love to see what people take away with them and how they do this. With spring/summer coming along, this is gonna be a post most of us are gonna wanna read and create. 

4.  Been somewhere?

Whether it was just a trip out for the day, visiting a beach, a country walk or a shopping day, take some snaps, upload them all and give your readers a little diary entry about your day out. If you want, take an outfit post to go with it. If you can't do it yourself with a tripod or something, just get someone else to take it. I find simply turning away from the camera, looking into the distance or into a shop window, is a quick and easy way to get a decent outfit post without having to endure 100's of retakes because your lipstick wasn't on right. 

5. Review something unusual

 If you're used to reviewing makeup products and are getting fed up with the usual 'it blends well, it's pigmented' etc, which can get a bit repetative and uninspiring, do a special review on something completely different. In the past I have reviewed my dressing table with lots of pictures and added links to matching or similar items from the place I bought it from. Also try camera reviews, if you think you produce HQ photographs, tell everyone about it, I'm sure there would be someone wondering how you get such great images. 

6. Your favourite apps

Show readers how you edit your pictures, include screenshots or maybe a video on how you use the apps. Demonstrate what features the app has, show before and after images. This one may take a little longer if you choose to go all out, but you can make this post as detailed or brief as you like. I think people are always interested in how people edit their pictures, so I'm sure this would be a big hit if you're stuck on what to post next. 

7. Wishlist

A major cop out but a really easy post to throw together in a couple of minutes. You don't even need to take any pictures! Have a browse on some clothes websites, decor stores or even holiday sites, screen shot or save the image and slap it right into your blog post with a big 'I WANT'! I am a bit dismissive with this sort of post, but if you have an active readership, it could be quite helpful to someone who is looking for something - you may just introduce them to the right place. This could also work for a gift guide. If you don't want to disturb the look of your blog with someone else's images, next time you go shopping take some pictures of things you like and put them in the post instead. 

8. Outfit post without the fit

Again, if you're looking for a relatively quick way to update your blog but don't want to be bothered with dressing up, putting your best makeup on etc, then grab your outfit selections and lay them out on the floor instead. I like to use some marble or white wood effect vinyl just spread on the floor as my backdrop for this. You can get it from Wilko or Amazon or eBay for about £5. You could lay the clothes out properly or neatly fold them. Since getting some of those copper hangers from Primark, it looks nice to hang outfits from those on a rail or off the top of a wardrobe. Easy!

9. Bedroom/home tour 

This is a super easy one because the things you're going to be picturing are already set up! Literally just go around whatever room and take some close up snaps of any sweet little trinkets and ornaments as well as a wide angle view of the whole room. I recently did this with my bedroom and it worked well for a quick and easy post. If you don't want to do it on your own house, check out a furniture shop like Next or Dunelm and take some photos of how they have set out their home products for some inspo.

10. Vent about an issue

I'm doing a masters course and I've come across a subject I'm really interested in about how social media actually makes us unhappy (ironic, I know), so I'm going to take a few sections out of my recent essay on this matter and post onto here as I think it is really interesting. Maybe think about what interests you, perhaps a news story has recently sparked your attention or something you've experienced at work or school that you thought was or wasn't fair or good. Just type it into Google and do a little research, no need to go deep into the scholary sites like I have to with uni, but have a look at a couple articles and put together your own article, venting your own opinions or frustrations with whatever you've chosen. I think it is all too easy to post about the latest foundation, your newest skirt, where you're off to on holiday. Just have a go at talking about something a little less materialistic and see what happens. 

I think the key to blogging is producing high quality content, so by no means do these suggestions suggest to get any old crap out there just to make a post. There are ways in which you can create a good looking, well informative blog post without having to put in a whole day's worth of effort - not all of us are full time bloggers. Hopefully these suggestions on what to post when you're super stuck will help inspire you to post something great with ease. 

What is your go-to post when you have the dreaded blogger's block?

Do you have any more suggestions?

 

Oh my God. Okay. I cannot recommend this coach tour enough. I cannot recommend Contiki enough. Basically I had the most incredible time visiting top locations on America's East Coast and into the boarder of Canada with beautiful people. Stunning sights, a new place every day, fun attractions, great food, great hotels, crazy nights out, endless shopping...I was living the dream! Read on to find out exactly what I got up to and all the typical Trip Advisor style comments and tips!

Niagara Falls from the cruise

The falls is pretty epic

Niagara Falls, Canada

Be prepared to get wet..

Prepare to get very wet at Niagara Falls! If you are taking the boat cruise that is. You get given a standard rain poncho, but I tell you, that water gets in every nook and cranny no matter how hard you try and cover yourself up! Tip: don't wear fake tan, it will run. Tip: don't wear jeans, you'll never get them off again. The boat doesn't go under the Falls and drench you on purpose or anything but the Falls are so powerful the spray gets flown at you from all angles.

A downside of going to Niagara

The Falls is such a beautiful place and most often a one off experience for those who visit it and you're gonna wanna capture its beauty in every way you can. Q the Snapchat pic and vid, then the standard phone camera pic, vid and pano, oh then lets get out the camera and try 150 different exposure settings. No chance. Unless you're happy for your gadgets to get soaked, you're gonna need a really good waterproof camera or gadget case to be able to take some snaps right in the heart of the Falls. I managed to take the photos in this post using my normal camera with no case, but they were not taken in the heart of the Falls where it is very wet and basically feels like it is raining! You can still get some great snaps and if you're careful you can try to get your camera inside your rain poncho to take a few quick photos. If you wanna be in the photos, you're probably gonna look a bit rough and weathered too, not gonna lie.

Rainbow over Niagara Falls, Canada.

Sheraton Restaurant on Niagara Falls

What else to do at Niagara besides the Falls?

If the boat cruise isn't your thing or you are slightly put off, or even wondering "where can I get a good photo at Niagara Falls!?", then I have a few pointers about what else you can get out of Niagara. We, being a large coach group, stayed at The Quality Inn in the heart of the city, about a 20 minute walk down to the waterfall. The little town immediately next to the falls is a very family friendly resort with lots of restaurants and arcades as well as having some good shops, bars and pubs for the adults. After drying off at the hotel and making ourselves look a little nicer, we headed back down to the Falls for dinner in the restaurant overlooking the lovely water. I think this was the Sheraton though I can't quite remember! The sun was going down and it was perfect lighting to have some nice photos taken with the Falls right behind us. We were even lucky enough to see several rainbows going right through the Falls! So cool! So we had dinner which had the best view I've ever had while eating a salad - the Falls light up as it got darker which was very impressive!

After dinner, we checked out an outdoor karaoke bar which had cheap drinks and a nice, local atmosphere with lots of 'talent' on stage. Myself and my tour group were obviously a bunch of 20 somethings so this was fun for us.

I don't think you can ever get tired of looking at natural beauty, especially when it is something so beautiful, elegant and powerful as a waterfall. I loved this experience so much that I'd love to go back and maybe do the helicopter trip over the Falls. I would consider it one of the wonders of the world, it truly is a bucket list must therefore, yes, Nigara Falls really is as great as it is made out to be. It is not a holiday destination though, you wouldn't want to spend a long time here but a must see if you're passing nonetheless.

I hope this has been of interest to you guys and somewhat informative. Have you been to the Falls? Was it as you expected?