About Vintage beauty xox

Hi! I'm Izzy. I began this blog in my first term of university, which feels like a decade ago now....! 

Yes, Vintage Beauty xox as a name may be lacking in originality. But back in the day I was so desperate to get my online space up and going that I settled for it! If you read out the 'ex, o, ex' it sort of, ever-so-nearly feels like you're in Gossip Girl?! Redeeming feature?!

I'm a secondary school English teacher, born 1993, but my students think I am sixteen. 

 I previously dabbled in writing lifestyle features - I was clothing brand Yumi's guest blogger in 2012; I have also had a few cheeky comments published for Grazia's 'You The Fashion Jury'. 

Back in 2012, I also interned for Closer magazine. That consisted of organising the shoe cupboard and doing endless coffee, Pret and even sushi runs. I also had the exciting opportunity of transcribing an interview with Millie Mackintosh. At twenty, I was pretty much living the dream. Until I realised that magazine life in the big city means no money. ^^

I am a country bumpkin at heart.

I adore writing, though I don't have much time for it nowadays - having over a hundred students who are counting on me to plan their lessons and mark their books. 

Being a teacher is highly stressful but highly rewarding. I love my (school) kids.

I write my little blog for fun.... and to relive old habits. And to feel young again!

A significant part of my life now is that I have a HUSBAND. Which is still so odd to say, yet the transition feels incredibly normal (we were together for ten years before the big day in December 2017).

I live with my amazing hubby and best friend Matt in an old thatched cottage on a bank, with our two feline friends who are named after our favourite writers - Hemingway and Fitzgerald. These fluffy boys were our practice for having children and responsibility...

Except hopefully our newborn baby boy will not join forces with his furry brothers and bring in [dead] mice & rabbits to play with!